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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

There's also a hypothesis I've seen floating around that Celtic bards and Nordic Skalds may have had higher rates of autism. Basically the idea is that the requirements for memorizing, maintenance, and application of laws which they kept would be easier for folks with autism.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, yes, autism is a super power and only autistic people deserve voting rights or can be competent and motivated, calm down, Elons.

[–] Fluke@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago

That is your reaction to a group of marginalised people realising that a niche has always existed for them?

You need to reexamine your life choices.